Editing Charybdis IX

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'''Charybdis IX''' was a [[human]] [[Outer Colonies|Outer Colony]] in the [[Charybdis system]], governed by the [[Unified Earth Government]].{{Ref/Novel|[[Halo: The Cole Protocol]]|Page=100}} The [[planet]]'s [[city|capital city]] was [[Scyllion]].{{Ref/Novel|Halo: The Cole Protocol|Page=102}}

==Overview==
===Topography===
====Locations====
*[[Scyllion]]
**[[Scyllion Warehouse District]]
===Known residents===
*[[Fernando Esparza]] - Civilian contractor with the UNSC
==History==
===Human-Covenant war===
{{Main|Scyllion Warehouse District Riot|Battle of Charybdis IX}}
[[Scyllion]] was a mining town, run by corporations that controlled the [[civilian]]s' food and other supplies.{{Ref/Novel|Halo: The Cole Protocol|Page=106}} The city had long been a city of political turmoil. [[Insurrectionist]]s were a constant problem. In [[2534]], ONI recommended that the [[UNSC]] implement martial law, but the UNSC was unable to do so, due to the escalating [[Human-Covenant War]].{{Ref/Novel|Halo: The Cole Protocol|Page=106-107}} The riots were led by [[Jason Kincaide]]. Although ONI originally just monitored the world, they decided action was required when they learned the rebels were using modified [[Covenant]] weapons.{{Ref/Novel|Halo: The Cole Protocol|Page=109}}

A joint [[Office of Naval Intelligence|ONI]] and [[UNSC Navy]] operation to the colony in [[2535]] was one of then-[[Lieutenant]] [[Jacob Keyes]]' first assignments. However, the insurgents discovered the location of ONI's command centers and attacked it with RPGs.{{Ref/Novel|Halo: The Cole Protocol|Page=114}} Keyes and the surviving ONI agents fled to a nearby building to be evacuated, while [[ODST]] support was arriving. Unfortunately, the evacuation [[Pelican]] was destroyed and ONI agent [[Akio Watanabe]] was killed by Kincaide. In retaliation, Keyes killed Kincaide, his first human kill.{{Ref/Novel|Halo: The Cole Protocol|Page=130}} Shortly after, the ODSTs landed and quickly eliminated most of the remaining insurgents, while the survivors retreated. [[Pelican]]s later arrived to pick up Keyes, the ODSTs and remaining ONI agents.{{Ref/Novel|Halo: The Cole Protocol|Page=135}}

He eventually recalled and lost this memory while being absorbed into the [[Proto-Gravemind|proto-Gravemind Flood entity]].{{Ref/Novel|[[Halo: The Flood]]|Page=198}}

Moments after the riots, while the surviving UNSC personnel were being transported to the {{UNSCShip|Midsummer Night}}, a [[Covenant]] fleet arrived in the system. The Covenant had discovered the planet after following tracking information on the modified weapons. The ''Midsummer Night'' fled the system, while three destroyers engaged Covenant ships. Two of the destroyers were immediately eliminated, but the {{UNSCShip|Do You Feel Lucky?}} was disabled and boarded by [[Zealot]] [[Thel 'Vadam]]ee in search of the already wiped navigation data.{{Ref/Novel|Halo: The Cole Protocol|Page=136}}

The remaining rebels vainly attempted to fight the Covenant. Charybdis IX was glassed, and its entire population was killed.{{Ref/Novel|Halo: The Cole Protocol|Page=148}}

[[File:Charybdis ix orbital.png|thumb|right|The Charybdis IX flight at Quito Space Tether.]]
By [[2552]], there was a connection to [[Earth]]'s [[Quito Space Tether]], but the flight between the two was 'delayed.'{{Ref/Map|[[Halo 3]]|[[Orbital]]}}

==Trivia==
[[Wikipedia:Charybdis|Charybdis]] was the daughter of the god [[Wikipedia:Poseidon|Poseidon]] in [[List of Greek mythology references in Halo|Greek mythology]]. She was a nymph that was turned into a sea monster resembling a gigantic whirlpool by [[Wikipedia:Zeus|Zeus]]. Charybdis' companion sea monster was [[Wikipedia:Scylla|Scylla]].

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: The Flood]]'' {{Fm}}
*''[[Halo 3]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo: The Cole Protocol]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: Fleet Battles]]'' {{Mo}}

==Sources==
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